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Great Results
It was a wonderful first time for me purchasing from Amazon.The books came in perfect conditions and in a timely manner.I am very satisfied with the results of my purchase. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bilingual Education    2. Education    3. English As A Second Language    4. Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books    5. General    6. ELT: teaching theory & methods    7. Education / Bilingual Education    8. English    9. Industrial or vocational training   

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Everything I needed for the CTEL
This text admirably addresses the CTEL exam.Pop for the third edition; it's worth it.And if it were up to me, this book's sections on immigration law, history, and diversity would be required reading for any educator.

A Great Resource Book
I purchased this book for a college class and it was mostly review from other classes. However, I found the book easy to read and very informative.This single book covered about 4 or 5 other books from different courses.If you are a beginning teacher that wants to be able to teach to all of your students, than this book is a must.This great book covers SDAIE teaching and just other great concepts.If you have never taken a multilinguial course than this is money well spent.If you have had a number of those types of classes, than I would look for a book more catered to what you need.This is book is a great introductory book.Most students that I had in class kept the book as reference material and that says a lot because we use book money to live on until finicial aide comes in, LOL. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bilingual Education    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. General    5. ELT: teaching theory & methods    6. Education / Bilingual Education    7. Industrial or vocational training   

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Very Good, Easy Reading Book for Teachers Who Want to Learn More About English Language Learners
I thought this book was very good for classroom teachers who want clear information on how to include English Language Learners in their classrooms.It is very difficult to explain to classroom teachers how to include students who are learning English in short sound bites.This book helps clarify information and teachers can read it at their leisure.
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Subjects:  1. Bilingual Education    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. English as a Second Language    5. English language    6. Foreign speakers    7. Language and education    8. Linguistic minorities    9. Special Education - General    10. Study and teaching    11. Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning    12. Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts    13. United States   

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CLAD Text
A well written text essential for acquiring CLAD credentialing. Myths are perpetuated which greatly reduces the credibility - there is only one "race", humans or Homo sapiens. Very few of us were born or came from the Caucasus Mountains of eastern Europe, yet 17th century artificial constructs of "race" and "Caucasian" are used. There is no discussion of how skin pigmentation is an ecotype adaptation, not a "race." Science, Scientific American, Discovery and other peer-reviewed journals have corrected "race" misconceptions repeatedly - yet the authors, with education backgrounds, appear to have not completed a review of current literature. Golden resource
I almost felt like I was cheating on the CLAD test. This handbook was a wonderful resource and the only one I used to pass the test .... the FIRST time!!

Preparing to take the CLAD test.
Chapters 1 & 2 seemed very dry but I'm not big on theory. The remaining chapters were much more interesting. I highly recommend reading it before taking the CLAD test. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. English As A Second Language    5. English language    6. Foreign speakers    7. Handbooks, manuals, etc    8. Language    9. Language Experience Approach    10. Language and education    11. Multicultural Education    12. Study and teaching (Higher)    13. United States    14. Communication Studies    15. Education / Bilingual Education    16. English   

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Thorough and practical
I use this as the text for a university level ESL Methods course.I've especially liked the authors use of specific classroom examples, as well as suggestions for learning activities that students can utilize.It is also full of suggestions for effective teaching strategies to use with ELLs.

Helpful with strategies for teaching ELLs.
This book is a great source for both mainstream teachers and TESOL teachers.It helps in teaching all kinds of students.Very helpful!

Great Textbook
This book is an excellent resource for all teachers of ELLs.They give so many examples and ways to implement the ideas introduced.The additional reading is an expansive list of websites and reading for further research.Well written and easy to follow publisher website also accompany this text. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. English as a Second Language    2. English language    3. Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books    4. Foreign Language Study    5. Foreign speakers    6. General    7. Language    8. Study and teaching    9. ELT: teaching theory & methods    10. Education / Bilingual Education    11. English    12. Teaching of a specific subject   

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Bilingual and ESL Classrooms: Teaching in Multicultural Contexts
The authors emphasize relevent material and content towards the importance of "teaching in multicultural contexts".The excepts from teachers and students provide a personal connection.This book addresses issues of cultural diversity, Bilingual/ESL strategies, and provides a reference on laws and policies that have evolved to focus on today's changing educational settings.

Could it be better?!
I read and studied from the second edition of this book.It was THE book I took with me into my comprehensive exams for my PhD studies in Bilingual Education (which I passed).I CAN'T WAIT to read the new/updated edition!These authors/researchers are incredible!

Lots of valuable information
This book was required for a class I took about bilingual education.It is chock full of great information and insights regarding the world of bilingualism.There are fantastic real life synopses interspersed throughout chapters that bring many crucial points home.The information is practically up-to-the-minute.A really good resource! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bilingual Education    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Multicultural Education    5. Education / Bilingual Education    6. Teaching skills & techniques   

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Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning
Incredibly useful!Exactly what I need all in one place! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. English language    2. Foreign speakers    3. Language    4. Language Arts & Disciplines    5. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    6. Language and languages    7. Linguistics    8. Research    9. Second language acquisition    10. Study & Teaching    11. Study and teaching    12. Education / Bilingual Education    13. Language acquisition   

Subjects:  1. Bilingual Education    2. Education    3. English as a Second Language    4. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    5. Literacy    6. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    7. English    8. Language Arts & Disciplines / Literacy    9. Language acquisition   

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Classroom Community Can Happen
If you are a teacher or a person who cares about children this is the book for you. As a teacher I have used this book and have had fantastic results.Creating an environment for students that is positve and inclusive is theonly way teachers can end violence and negativity in their classrooms. This book is pack full of activities that will help build a caringcommunity of students in the classroom.The activities also transcend theschool environment. It is perfect for companies who want to build employeerelationships that are positive and productive.If I could only describethe author in one word it would be Amazing. I have met her and she is ascaring in person as she in the book. This woman has dedicated her life tomaking a difference and it shows. Buy the book it will be the best thingyou ever did!

Building community
This is simply the best all round book on building community in schools available. The author wonderfully integrates practical strategies on the education of very diverse learners together -- in terms of ability, race,culture, language. It is a book filled with gentleness and grace yetsolidly based on research and practical information. This book should beread and daily used by every elementary teacher!

A book that can make a difference
I really enjoyed the way Mara Sapon-Shevin writes -- everything flows, everything is connected, and her choice of words is apt and evocative.It's also very well organized.Her ideas are elegant and yet simple,clear, and concise.She names the problems that exist and ways to addressthem, and illustrates them well with clear examples.Read more

Subjects:  1. Aims & Objectives    2. Classroom Management    3. Classroom environment    4. Cooperation    5. Education    6. Education / Teaching    7. Preschool & Kindergarten    8. Secondary    9. Study and teaching    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - General    11. United States    12. Education / Bilingual Education    13. Teaching skills & techniques   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Elementary School Language Arts    5. Language    6. Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning    7. Teaching Methods & Materials - Foreign Language    8. Education / Bilingual Education   

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Excellent for Toddlers
My 3 year old and I have only done one lesson, and he already calls it "his workbook".The lessons are easy, relative, and a great way to remember to practice (even if its just a little bit) everyday!Great for parents and teachers for preschool children.

Helpful
My son is 5 years old and found this to be a little slow but he is learning from it.We are continuing to work on it daily and he is improving.

Learning made fun
This book has made learning fun for both my son and myself. We enjoy the CD and the flashcards. The FlipFlop concept is great. The lesson plans are short enough to keep my 3 year old engaged. Our daycare is planning on using this as a learning tool in the 3-5 year old rooms -- I recommend this book.
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Subjects:  1. Bilingual Education    2. Education    3. Elementary    4. Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities    5. Education / Bilingual Education    6. teaching learning spanish ages three four and five child children workbook text toddler preschool curriculum homeschool   

Subjects:  1. Bilingualism in children    2. Children of minorities    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Language Experience Approach    6. Linguistic minorities    7. Multicultural Education    8. United States    9. Education / Bilingual Education    10. Multicultural studies    11. Teaching of ethnic minorities   

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When they don't understand English
This is a must book for anyone who has to teach a content area to students who are learning English, whose home language is other than English. It provides an excellent instrument for self-evaluation, if one is the content-area teacher. I highly recommend it to all teachers who have English language learners in their classrooms. Nowadays, that is almost ALL teachers, K-16.

Making Content Comprehensible for English Language Learners: The SIOP Model, Second Edition
a little boring but has some good worksheets/guidelines. I would not buy this book if it weren't a class requirement. Amazon provided great and speedy service.

A Must Have For Teachers of English Language Learners
This book provides valuable informationnecessary to facilitate the needs of ELLs in the classroom.It describes strategies that are useful for all levels of English Language Learners and explains the rationales for using them.The book also presents teaching scenarios from real classrooms that use the SIOP model in order to further understand the strategies in depth. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Correlation with content subje    2. Correlation with content subjects    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. English As A Second Language    6. English language    7. Foreign Language Study    8. Foreign speakers    9. Language arts    10. Study and teaching    11. Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts    12. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    13. Education / Bilingual Education    14. English    15. English Language Teaching (ELT)   

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Comprehensible meaning for teachers
This book is an excellent tool for teachers seeking to improve their instructional practices.It is also a very useful tool for teacher trainers who wish to help educators in the process of reaching EnglishLanguage learners (ELLs).It explains how effective teachers can reachELLs. Although short, every page is worth reading. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bilingual Education    2. Correlation with content subjects    3. Education / Teaching    4. English As A Second Language    5. English language    6. Foreign Language Study    7. Foreign speakers    8. Individualized instruction    9. Language    10. Language arts    11. Multicultural Education    12. Reading Education (General)    13. Study and teaching    14. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    15. Education / Bilingual Education   

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One Child Two Languages
This book is very good for an introduction to second language teaching. It offers practical classroom advise on areas you need to pay attention to.

excellent and rare to find
The book arrived two days ago and I only finished a third of it, but I can't help writing this to share how much I liked it. I had searched on the web for information on what a young child (1-5yr), whose home language is not English, will go through when he/she first goes to a English-speaking preschool. I was frustrated for the past two months when my 3-year-old son started preschool. A child at this young age does not have enough social skills to compensate for his lack of competence in a different language, which is again needed to be socially accepted in the new environment. Such a child can become a loner, being ignored by other children, and unable to spell out his feelings. This book is the answer to my several sleepless nights. I am going to copy a few pages which describe the phase my son is going through and give them to my son's teacher so that she will understand what he feels and become more supportive. This is a great book, and I will request my local library to buy it, and I strongly recommend any parents who have the same concerns as I did to read it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bilingual Education    2. Children of immigrants    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. English As A Second Language    6. English language    7. Foreign speakers    8. Language arts (Preschool)    9. Methods Of Instruction In Early Childhood Education    10. Preschool & Kindergarten    11. Study and teaching (Preschool)    12. Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning    13. United States    14. ELT: teaching theory & methods    15. English    16. Primary / junior schools    17. Teaching of specific groups   

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I Highly Recommend This Book
I attended a conference in Corpus Christi, Texas and had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Samuel Ortiz, and Dr. Hector Ochoa present on culturally and linguistically diverse students.I purchased the book when I returned home.It is an excellent resource that is clearly written, and has several tables and charts that can be adapted for use with school psychologists. I am coordinator of psychological services with a school district and this is a resource I rely on frequently.I highly recommend the text. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ability testing    2. Bilingual Education    3. Clinical Psychology    4. Education    5. Education / Teaching    6. Educational Psychology    7. Guidance & Orientation    8. Handbooks, manuals, etc    9. Linguistic minorities    10. Minorities    11. Minority students    12. Multicultural Education    13. Psychology    14. United States    15. Curriculum planning & development    16. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology   

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I was born in Mexico and faced similar issues. This is awful.
Richard Rodriguez whines and complains in his book.I have similar experiences. I was born in Mexico.I was reared in America and went to Catholic schools.I have a darker than average complexion.People often ask me what country I was born in just by looking at me, but that did not warp my wife like it seemed to for Rodriguez. I have a friend who went to Stanford, like Rodriguez, on scholarship, but he did not whine about it.I googled Rodriguez and found a published speech where he continues to show weak character. Here is a quote from one of his speeches: "... if you really want to scare the United States of America, all you would have to say to the United States of America is "I'm going to marry you. I'm going to start dating your son." "This is pretty sad and tasteless.Besides showing weak character, Rodriguez is a poor writer.I have never seen so many sentence fragments.At one point in his book he admits he never liked writing when he was in school.It shows.This book is an insult to the Latin-American community from a condescending publisher.We deserve better.
I hate this book.
This is one of the worst books I have ever read. I understand that is fine writing, but the book is tasteless. I find Rodriguez arrogant and lonely. Is he trying to say that the turning point of his life was when the nun's came to his parents home. I hate this book it is one of my worst reads ever.

A superb job of capturing with words what many of us (first and second generation Americans) feel
I return to this book 8 years after I read if for the first time. Within minutes I find myself recalling the Sunday brunches my parents used to prepare for our entire family, the joyful sounds of my growing up in Virginia, after spending my early years in Eastern Europe. I intimately know the things Mr. Rodriguez writes about, because I've experienced them.
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Subjects:  1. Bilingual Education    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. California    7. Education    8. Education, Bilingual    9. Ethnic Cultures - General    10. Literary    11. Mexican Americans    12. Minority Studies - General    13. People of Color    14. United States    15. United States - State & Local - General    16. Biography & Autobiography / General    17. Biography: general   

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SLA. An Introductory Course
A serious SLA scholar needs at least three broad introductions to begin with. This one is the first to have. Other ones are Ellis (1994) and Doughty & Long (2003). Needless to plough through articles in libraries because the field of SLA is too dispersed and chaotic.

A necessity for all serious SLA/TESOL students
I am a graduate student in Michigan State University's MA TESOL program, and have the distinct honour of having Dr. Susan Gass as my advisor.In addition to being a University Distinguished Professor at MSU and President of the International Association of Applied Linguistics, Dr. Gass has published extensively on SLA research.Her textbook "Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course" is required reading as part of the TESOL program at MSU, and is an indispensable condensed guide to the hundreds of research articles on topics such as child language acquisition, interlanguage data and processes, SLA and linguistics, universal grammar, input, interaction and output, instructed L2 learning and nonlanguage influences (Critical Period Hypothesis, aptitude, anxiety, motivation, personality factors).
Only for Hard-Core SLA Folk
While SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION is well-researched and provides a thorough overview of the field, it is only for college folks (probably graduate students and up), and there is little if any value for the utiltarian teacher.Read more

Subjects:  1. Language    2. Language Arts & Disciplines    3. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    4. Linguistics    5. Second language acquisition    6. Study & Teaching    7. Bilingualism & multilingualism    8. Education / Bilingual Education    9. Language acquisition   

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Frightening lessons taught and learnt at these 'schools'
This all too true account of the reeducation process which American government officials euphemistically had Indian children go through is very chilling. It is maddening to believe there were people in Washington who actually considered such treatment of kids to be 'good policy'.
Education for extinction
I read this for a class and enjoyed it very much.It is one of the best I have read for Native Studies.There are many facts and other pieces of information that I had not found in other books.

Groundbreaking book on the education of Native Americans
This book was recommended to me by my academic advisor, as it is considered an important and influential treatise on the subject of Native American education. David Wallace Adams, in his groundbreaking book, "Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928," shows how the case for education was made. First, Euro-Americans believed that the older generation of Indians was incapable of becoming civilized and were too attached to their old ways to change. The youthfulness of Indian children meant they could still be saved. Read more

Subjects:  1. Bilingual Education    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Multicultural Education    5. 20th century    6. Cultural studies    7. Ethnic studies    8. History of specific racial & ethnic groups    9. Secondary schools    10. USA    11. c 1800 to c 1900   

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Lern about USA
This book is different from that I expected. I thought about a classical Idioms Dictionary. Althought it's a good book that introduce not only American idioms but American way of life too.
Best book on American English to a foreigner
Very informative and the content is carefully categorized so it's quite easy to find what you want.
A Fantastic Guide!
Language and culture go together, and I was happy to see this book emphasize both.My students live in the United States and need to understand how Americans speak, so this book was really helpful.I also use Whaddaya Say, 2nd Edition with them so they understand how these idioms are really said. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bilingual Education    2. Conversation and phrase books    3. Dictionaries - General    4. English as a Second Language    5. English language    6. Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books    7. General    8. Reference    9. Spoken English    10. Textbooks for foreign speakers    11. United States    12. Education / Bilingual Education